Flameshot: No screenshot is taken if the context menu is open
Flameshot version
Flameshot v0.6.0
Compiled with Qt 5.11.1
Describe the bug
No screenshot is taken if the any context menu is open.
To Reproduce
Call the context menu and try to take a screenshot
Expected behavior
Take a screenshot
System Information
OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20190115
KDE Plasma: 5.14.5
Qt: 5.12.0
KDE Frameworks: 5.53.0
Kernel: 4.20.0-1-default
Architecture: x64
CPU: 4 × Intel® Core™ i3-3220 CPU @ 3.30GHz
RAM: 7,7 GiB
vokamut
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I think you should be able to take a screenshot of a context menu using delayed option like this:
- run
flameshot gui --delay 5000, this will delay 5 seconds before taking the screenshot - do whatever to open the context menu during those 5 seconds
- wait for the flameshot to take the screenshot
As for the normal command without delay, I think this is due to the limitation of X11 protocol, that the context menu grabs X11 session level keyboard events thus prevents other things to open, those other things include screenshot apps, screen lockers, etc.
farseerfc
on 20 Feb 2019
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Most helpful comment
I think you should be able to take a screenshot of a context menu using delayed option like this:
flameshot gui --delay 5000, this will delay 5 seconds before taking the screenshotAs for the normal command without delay, I think this is due to the limitation of X11 protocol, that the context menu grabs X11 session level keyboard events thus prevents other things to open, those other things include screenshot apps, screen lockers, etc.